Marc Guehi is one of the most vocal footballers in all of football about his faith, so is Doku. Saka, Eze and Timber are also children of God.
You can argue that Guehi single-handedly gifted Saka and Arsenal the Premier League trophy with his error against Everton.
So one might be tempted to ask: whose side was God on?
The answer is neither. And that is the most interesting answer available.
The easy theology says God rewarded the Arsenal believers and abandoned the City ones. That Guehi’s faith failed him at the back-pass. That there is a moral ledger being settled in the final weeks of a title race. This is the kind of thinking that makes Christianity look small and transactional and frankly embarrassing, and it is not serious.
Here is what is serious. Ken Kutaragi built PlayStation. When he watches someone play at 3am, grinding a level they have failed thirty times, he is not waiting for them to win. He is watching someone be fully alive inside something he made. The tears of the losing player are not a malfunction. They are the highest testimony to the product.
You do not lose sleep over something average.
God built creation on this exact logic.
He did not make a world that produces beautiful outcomes occasionally. He made a world where full operation IS the declaration.
The zebra at full speed declares something whether it escapes or not. The lion in full extension declares something whether it catches the zebra or not. The margin between those outcomes is paper thin by design because God built a universe where every moment carries full weight. He is not glorified by the winner. He is glorified by the intensity of what He made.
He does not need the righteous to win for His case to hold. He does not need the title to go to the more faithful dressing room.
Guehi running onto that City training ground believing God had a plan for him there, that was the full operation. Guehi’s back-pass and the collapse that followed, that was also the full operation.
Doku scoring a curler into the top corner and fighting until the 97th minute and it still not being enough, full operation.
Saka calling out Arsenal’s naysayers post victory, Eze lifting the trophy on a pitch that used to belong to his old club, full operation.
God does not need a winner. He was never waiting for one. He already got what He came for.
Some random number called me this morning, she started the call with hallo instead hallo champion. I disconnected.
Can’t let anyone disrespect me like that. Stay guided champions.
6am in London, less than 8 hours after winning the league… and the Arsenal boys are just casually walking around the streets like regular lads.
No entourage, no superstar behaviour — just vibes, laughter and football.
Bukayo Saka especially looking like the most normal guy you’d ever meet despite earning thousands every week.
That’s what people forget sometimes: beneath the fame and money, most of these boys are just humble kids who genuinely love playing football.
Congrats to all Arsenal fans around the globe.
#COYG